Dec 11, 2025 · Business Meeting

What was decided · How each member voted

• Approval Of The Agenda Mr. Green motioned to approve the agenda. The motion was properly seconded and carried unanimously. · Carried unanimously Official minutes (PDF)
• Approval Of Minutes Mrs. Kilgore motioned to approve the November 2025 meeting minutes of the Board as presented. The motion was properly seconded and carried unanimously. · Carried unanimously Official minutes (PDF)
• Consent agenda Mr. Monk made a motion to approve the items on the consent agenda. The motion was properly seconded and carried unanimously. · Carried unanimously Official minutes (PDF)
• Item B Final Review of the Proficiency Implementation Plan Tiara Booker-Dwyer, Deputy Superintendent of Student Outcomes and School Quality, presented this item to the Board. Material for this item can be found on the Board’s page on the VDOE website.: Mr. Hansen made a motion to approve the item as presented with language added to reflect the add-on for existing 9-10 grade students for reading end of course at 400 to finish the three-part course sequence. Students entering grade 9 in fall 2026 will be assessed under the new reading cut scores. The motion also affirmed credit accommodations and special permission credit accommodations as voted on at the November 2025 meeting are maintained. The motion was properly seconded and carried unanimously. · Carried unanimously Official minutes (PDF)
• Item C Final Review of the Draft 2025 Expanded High School Science Standards of Learning: Mrs. Kilgore made a motion to approve the item as presented to the Board. The motion was properly seconded and carried unanimously. · Carried unanimously Official minutes (PDF)
• 8Vac20-23 Mrs. McPherson made a motion to approve the item as presented to the Board. The motion was properly seconded and carried unanimously. · Carried unanimously Official minutes (PDF)
• Item F Final Review of Recommendation to Reestablish the Career and Technical Education Advisory Committee Dewayne McClary, Deputy Superintendent of Innovation, Student Pathways, and Opportunities, presented this item to the Board. The material for this item can be found on the Board’s page on: Mrs. Kilgore made a motion to approve the item as presented to the Board and to appoint Mr. Monk and Mrs. Kilgore as co-chairs. The motion was properly seconded and carried unanimously. · Carried unanimously Official minutes (PDF)
• Item H First and Final Review of School Construction Assistance Grant Awards Christina P. Berta, Chief Operations Officer, and Vijay Ramnarain, Director, Office of Support Services, presented this item to the Board. The material for this item can be found on the Board’s: Mr. Monk made a motion to approve the item as presented to the Board. The motion was properly seconded and carried unanimously. · Carried unanimously Official minutes (PDF)
• Item K First Review of the Virginia Board of Education Guidelines for Policies on Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention and Response in Schools: Mr. Green made a motion to approve the item on first and final review. The motion was properly seconded and carried unanimously. · Carried unanimously Official minutes (PDF)
• Closed session Dr. Northern made a motion to enter into a Closed Session in accordance with § 2.2-3711 and 2.2-3712 of the Code of Virginia, under the following enumerated subsection: Subsection 8: Consultation with legal counsel employed by or retained by a public body regarding specific legal matters requiring the provision of legal advice by such counsel. And that legal counsel to the Virginia Board of Education, as well staff members, whose presence would aid in this matter, participate in the closed meeting. The motion was properly seconded and carried unanimously. · Carried unanimously Official minutes (PDF)

• Minutes, Dec 11, 2025 (Town Hall PDF)
• Town Hall meeting page
• VDOE Board meetings, agendas and minutes

Source: official minutes posted by VDOE on Virginia Regulatory Town Hall. Motion text is quoted; where the minutes give a roll call or names, it appears in the quoted text. Teacher-license cases are counted, not named.

Moments worth watching

• 00:23:51

  Call to order“good morning it is 9 a.m and i'll now call this meeting to order as is customary for this board we'll begin our meeting with the moment of silence followed by the pledge of allegiance” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 00:37:48

  Item C Final Review of the Draft 2025 Expanded High School Science Standards of Learning (discussion near here)“And whereas the Commonwealth of Virginia recognized the regional partnerships, expanded work-based learning, and post-secondary and secondary partnerships expand professional development high quality …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 00:42:57

  Public comment period“educator of the year dr deborah crawford administration and counselors okay um thank you miss kilgore uh now we move to the public comment section of our meeting as stated in the board's board's …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 00:48:38

  Item B Final Review of the Proficiency Implementation Plan Tiara Booker-Dwyer, Deputy Superintendent of Student Outcomes and School Quality, … (discussion near here)“First on the SOL proficiency implementation plan we strongly appreciate the designation of the 25-26 school year as a planning year and the total four-year phase-in approach and we look forward to …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 00:50:31

  Item L First Review of Guidelines for Selecting Parent Materials Related to Student Safety Concerns (discussion near here)“federally identified without this double jeopardy provision. Finally we want to partner with you as VDOE develops the revised student assessment form that will be shared with parents this spring as …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 01:03:28

  Item J First Review of Amendment IX of Virginia’s Consolidated State Plan (discussion near here)“at William & Mary and the President for the Virginia Council for the Social Studies. I'm here today to speak against the passage of Amendment 9 to Virginia's Consolidated Plan. …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 01:08:46

  Item I First and Final Review of Removal Outdated Guidance Document on 8VAC20-131 (discussion near here)“Virginia students. Andy Seibel followed by Dan Zacharias. It's Andy here. Dan Zacharias followed by Katie Hellebush. Good morning, Madam President, members of the board. …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 01:59:38

  Item H First and Final Review of School Construction Assistance Grant Awards Christina P. … (discussion near here)“all the different opportunities to maximize these funds the next slide is that we want to have some targeted support sessions and so so this would be key professional learning experiences coaching …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 04:15:26

  Item E Final Review of NOIRA to Add an Early Childhood Special Education Endorsement in (discussion near here)“Good. Okay, we are back and we are on item E please. Mr. Gilstrap. Good afternoon President Creasy, Superintendent Gullickson, members of the board. …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 04:18:31

  Item A Final Review to Certify a List of Qualified Persons for the Office of Division Superintendent of Schools (discussion near here)“adding uh one representative from a rural school division for a CTE administrator and we're also adding two members from the Virginia Board of Education. …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 04:33:20

  Item K First Review of the Virginia Board of Education Guidelines for Policies on Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention and Response in Schools (discussion near here)“be with you this afternoon thanks for helping me get my cardio in i am here to follow up and present for first review item k which are the guidelines for policies on sudden cardiac arrest prevention …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 07:01:23

  AdjournmentCopy link𝕏 Post

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